This Boy's Life

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coming-of-age film drama film film

"This Boy's Life" is a 1993 coming-of-age drama film, based on Tobias Wolff's memoir, in which a young Leonardo DiCaprio stars opposite Robert De Niro as a boy struggling with his abusive stepfather.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
This Boy’s Life	12
This Boy's Life canonical	7
This Boy's Life (memoir)	2
This Boy’s Life (1993 film)	1
This Boy’s Life (film)	1
This Boy’s Life (memoir)	1
film "This Boy's Life"	1
his memoir "This Boy's Life"	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coming-of-age film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Tobias Wolff ⓘ
basedOn	This Boy's Life self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: This Boy's Life (memoir)
basedOnAuthor	Tobias Wolff ⓘ
character	Caroline Wolff ⓘ Dwight Hansen ⓘ Tobias "Toby" Wolff ⓘ
cinematographer	David Watkin ⓘ
composer	Carter Burwell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Michael Caton-Jones ⓘ
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
editor	Jim Clark ⓘ
genre	coming-of-age ⓘ drama ⓘ
isAdaptationOf	This Boy's Life self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: This Boy's Life (memoir)
language	English ⓘ
leadActorRole	Ellen Barkin as Caroline Wolff ⓘ Leonardo DiCaprio as Tobias "Toby" Wolff ⓘ Robert De Niro as Dwight Hansen ⓘ
mpaaRating	R ⓘ
narrativeFocus	abusive stepfather-stepson relationship ⓘ adolescent identity formation ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ
notableFor	early leading role of Leonardo DiCaprio ⓘ portrayal of domestic abuse ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
producer	Art Linson ⓘ
productionCompany	Tig Productions ⓘ Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
publicationDate	1993 ⓘ
releaseFormat	theatrical release ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	115 ⓘ
screenwriter	Robert Getchell ⓘ
settingPeriod	1950s ⓘ
settingPlace	Concrete, Washington ⓘ Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Seattle, Washington
starring	Carla Gugino ⓘ Chris Cooper ⓘ Eliza Dushku ⓘ Ellen Barkin ⓘ Leonardo DiCaprio ⓘ Robert De Niro ⓘ Tobey Maguire ⓘ
title	This Boy's Life self-link ⓘ

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